2025 Official Music Industry Summit Playlist

By: Rylie Stopperich, Jillian Schatzley, Haley Loveless, Kara Hinton, Brooke Phillips, & Ella Franks

As we gear up for the 7th Annual Ohio University Music Industry Summit, we are ecstatic to share this year’s lineup of artists and speakers with you through our official playlist! This playlist highlights the music of our featured artists and also includes tracks that represent the work and influences of our speakers. Topics covered this year include music supervision, artist photographers, A&R reps, music journalism, and many others!

Listed below is each artist or speaker, their song selection, and a brief rationale connecting the two:

• Charles Wesley Godwin: “All Again” - Featured artist keynote and concert
• Julien Baker: “Sugar in the Tank” by Julien Baker, TORRES - Featured artist keynote and closing night concert performer.
• TORRES: “Sylvia” by Julien Baker, TORRES - Featured artist and panelist
• DJ Premier: “Armani Section” by DJ Premier, Roc Marciano - Featured artist keynote and opening night party performer.
• Mia Barnes: “Feather” by Sabrina Carpenter - Mia directed the music video for "Feather" by Sabrina Carpenter.
• Dustin Boyer: “Hallucinogenics” by Matt Maeson - Dustin created viral content for Matt Maeson.
• Tommy Boone: “Stick Season” by Noah Kahan - Noah Kahan is a recently signed artist to UMG.
• Faith Caplinger: “boy meets” world by Huey Slims. Faith was the A&R representative for Huey Slims during her time as a director in Brick City Records while attending Ohio University.
• James Cartwright: “Sunflower” by Post Malone, Swae Lee - James was the music coordinator for Spider-Man: Across the Spiderverse.
• Drew de Leon: “25 by Rod Wave” - Drew led digital for Rod Wave while at Def Jam and Alamo Records.
• Bobby Dirienzo: “21 Summer” by Brothers Osbourne - When Bobby worked with UMG Nashville, he led marketing and artist development for Brothers Osbourne.
• Gordi: “Extraordinary Life” - Gordi will perform a special in-store performance at ROAR and will host a songwriting breakout session.
• Hunter Evans: “Chest Pain (I Love)” by Malcolm Todd - Played key role in discovering Malcolm.
• Jay Gilbert: “Jessie's Girl” by Rick Springfield - Created photography book called "Burning Film: Rick Springfield Through the Lens".
• Andreea Gleeson: “NOKIA” by Drake - Drake is an artist that utilizes TuneCore as their distribution company.
• Josh Goldfarb: “Common Sense” by Faintheart - Bell Tree Productions helped put together Steadfast Music Festival and Faintheart was one of their featured artists.
• Rob Harvilla: “You Oughta Know” by Alanis Morissette - First song discussed on his podcast, "60 Songs That Explain the '90s"
• Ariel Hyatt: “Try” by CeCe Teneal - CeCe Teneal is a client of Cyber PR.
• Abbey Jo: “Pop Out (feat. Lil Tjay) - Worked with Polo G and worked personally with Tjay as well.
• The Laughing Chimes: “High Beams” - The Laughing Chimes will participate in the "Building the Event" breakout session and perform live immediately following.
• Yuri Lsyoivanov: “The Four Seasons” by Joshua Bell, Antonio Vivaldi - Yuri specializes in acoustic recordings and has worked with Joshua Bell.
• LJ Malberg: “You Ain't Got No Money” by Frzy - Frzy attended CoMuse's Gathering of Creative Minds Event in Pittsburgh
• Jill Mapes: “Hiding Out in the Open” by Feist - Worked for Pitchfork for 8 years and reviewed many popular albums.
• Chris Messina: “Second Nature” by Bon Iver (Don't Look Up Soundtrack) - Producer and engineer of this song for the Netflix Original Don't Look Up,
• Marcus J. Moore: “Alright” by Kendrick Lamar - Wrote an entire book about how Kendrick Lamar ignited the soul of Black America.
• Brian Muehlenkamp: “BIRDS OF A FEATHER” by Billie Eilish - Billie Eilish is using Ticketmaster as her primary ticket seller for the "HIT ME HARD AND SOFT" Tour.
• Mads Murphy: “Double Dare Ya” by Bikini Kill - Worked with Bikini Kill under Michelle Cable @ Panache Booking.
• My Morning Jacket: “Time Waited” by My Morning Jacket - MIS will host My Morning Jacket for a special standalone event and concert on April 17.
• Mason Nozik: “Sitting on the Edge” by Lone Thunder - Lone Thunder is Mason Nozik's artistic outlet where he releases his own music to better himself as a songwriter and engineer.
• Semajah Parker: “Water” by Tyla - During Semajah's Sony U experience, she utilized lyrics from Sony signed artists to create customized items.
• Timothy Pattison: “ACKNOWLEDGE ME” by Doja Cat - Timothy has been a valuable asset in maintaining relationships with artists like Doja Cat.
• Trevor Pickens: “Take Me Home” by Lily in the Weeds - Bell Tree Productions helped put together Steadfast Music Festival and Lily in the Weeds was one of their featured artists.
• Olivia Pierce: “What A Perfect Day for Crying” by iamnotshane - iamnotshane is one of Venture Music's clients.
• Dave Polster: “The Great Divide” by Billy Strings - Has engineered for artists like Billy Strings and Molly Tuttle.
• Samantha Rainey: “Eventually” by Tame Impala - Samantha has experience working at Bonnaroo Music Festival. Tame Impala was a headliner in 2021 for Bonnaroo.
• J Rawls: “Shadrach” by Beastie Boys - Known for his music production work with Mos Def, Odd Future, Beastie Boys, etc.
• Marisa Salopek: “I Can't Do It With a Broken Heart” by Dombresky - Marisa has gone on tour with Dombresky.
• De Aundre Slater: “Tummy Ache” by Daisha McBride - Daisha McBride was one of the artists featured at The Dialogue artist showcase.
• Solon: “Lover” by Solon. - Solon will perform at the MIS official after party.
• Cassandra Sotos: “Annie Oakley” by Cassandra Sotos - Cassandra is an artist as well as the Co-Owner & CEO of AmpRX.
• Clay Sullivan: “Five” by Emma Nicholas - Emma Nicholas is an artist that works with NPi Audio Visual Solutions.
• Joshua Thompson: “As Long As You're With Me” by Jul Big Green - Jul Big Green is an artist that works with NPI Audio Visual Solutions.
• Ted Van Hyning: “Romeo and Juliet, OP. 64 / Act 1: Dance Of The Knights - Top song by The Cleveland Orchestra, who is a notable client of NPi Audio Visual Solutions for which Ted is the Vice President of NPi Audio Visual Solutions.
• Mike Warner: “Forget” by Date Night, Cam Nacson - Top song by Date Night, who Warner produces manages, DJs, and is a member of.
• Jon Zellner: “Die With A Smile” by Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars - Top song of iHeartRadio Leaderboard (Songs With The Most Plays on iHeartRadio Stations By iHeartRadio) - As of 2/17.
• Xander Zellner: “Timeless (feat. Playboi Carti)” by The Weeknd - Top song of The Weeknd, the top artist of Billboard's chart, Artist 100 - As of 2/17.

We hope that this playlist introduces you to the world of music that this years Music Industry Summit wants to celebrate. Looking forward to this years events and speakers!